Stranger Issues star Millie Bobby Brown has had sufficient of individuals bullying her over her look, and is firing again on the journalists who report on her seems to be forward of the premiere of her new film subsequent weekend, The Electrical State. Brown, 21, first rose to prominence due to her position as Eleven within the hit Netflix collection, and has since carved out a profitable profession for herself in Hollywood. Along with showing within the upcoming sci-fi journey from administrators Anthony and Joe Russo, she’s additionally starred in such hits as Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, and Enola Holmes.
Taking to her Instagram account on Monday evening, Brown posted a video (seen under) addressing what she calls one thing that “impacts each younger lady who grows up below public scrutiny.” She referred to as out journalists by identify for writing such articles headlined “Why are Gen Zers like Millie Bobby Brown growing older so badly,” and “What has Millie Bobby Brown finished to her face?” In an accompanying assertion, Brown stated she “began within the business once I was 10 years outdated. “I grew up in entrance of the world, and for some motive folks can’t appear to develop up with me,” including:
“As an alternative, they act like I am supposed to remain frozen in time, like I ought to nonetheless look the best way I did on Stranger Issues season one, and since I do not, I am now a goal […] Amplifying an insult fairly than questioning why a grown man is mocking a younger lady’s look. This is not journalism, that is bullying. The truth that grownup writers are spending their time dissecting my face, my physique, my decisions, is disturbing, and the truth that a few of these articles are written by ladies makes it even worse.”
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Brown additionally highlighted the truth that regardless of there at all times being calls for ladies to help ladies, when it comes proper right down to it, “it appears loads simpler to only tear them down for clicks.” Her feedback as soon as extra carry to gentle the massive hole in how men and women are perceived in Hollywood. When a person will get older, he is stated to be growing older gracefully, however it’s a a lot totally different story for ladies, who’re oftentimes the goal of the salacious headlines Brown talked about for no different motive than daring to get older. “I refuse to apologize for rising up,” she stated. “I refuse to make myself smaller to suit the unrealistic expectations of people that cannot deal with seeing a woman grow to be a girl.”
Millie Bobby Brown Urges Folks to “Do Higher”
Ageism in Hollywood is actually nothing new, as such A-list stars as Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Octavia Spencer have all stated previously that they’ve both been typecast, or misplaced out on roles as a consequence of their age and look. For Brown, she says this sort of habits has to cease, and referred to as on journalists and the general public to take the primary steps in tearing down this abhorrent follow.
“I can’t be shamed for a way I look, how I gown or how I current myself. We’ve grow to be a society the place it is a lot simpler to criticize than it’s to pay a praise. Why is it the knee-jerk response to say one thing horrible fairly than simply say one thing good? […] Let’s do higher, not only for me however for each younger lady who deserves to develop up with out the worry of being torn aside for merely present.”
Search for Brown to look within the last season of Stranger Issues later this yr, and catch her in The Electrical State when it premieres on Netflix on March 7, 2025.
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